Area briefs: Gamecocks set to take on Clemson

Saturday

Feb 2, 2013 at 12:01 AMFeb 3, 2013 at 12:47 AM

Staff reports

In Clemson, the No. 30-ranked South Carolina women's tennis team will take on instate rival and 19th-ranked Clemson at Hoke Sloan Tennis Center at noon Sunday.... The South Carolina women's swimming and diving team pulled out a 162-148 victory over Alabama on Saturday at the Alabama Aquatic Center, giving head coach McGee Moody his 100th career victory.... In New York, Dorian Johnson won the men's triple jump college section, Erika Rucker won the women's 400-meter championship race, and the men's and women's 4x200-meter relay teams won in the second day of competition at the Armory Collegiate Invitational on Saturday.... The men's tennis team defeated Georgia Tech 6-1 in the first half of a doubleheader, and overwhelmed Wofford 4-0 in the second.CLEMSON: The 19th-ranked women's tennis team fell to No. 6 Georgia, 5-2, on Saturday afternoon at the Clemson Indoor Tennis Center.... Brianna Rollins won her second event of the weekend to lead the Clemson women to a runner-up finish at the Armory Collegiate Invitational on Saturday in New York City. The men's team finished third behind Texas A&M and LSU.LIMESTONE: In St. Augustine, Fla., the baseball team was defeated 7-5 by Flagler College on Saturday.... Junior Brandon Harrison and freshman Ross Benzel took home first-place finishes, and freshman Aaron Rowe placed fourth at the Newberry Open.... In Chapel Hill, N.C., Khalil Henry qualified for nationals in the high jump, placing third overall, while freshman Tristan Perignon also punched his ticket to nationals in the 800-meter run at the Gene Anderson Invitational.USC UPSTATE: The men's tennis team defeated Gardner-Webb 5-2 in non-conference action.... In Asheville, N.C., the women's tennis team fell 4-3 to UNC Asheville in non-conference action.... In Winston-Salem, N.C., Cameron Thomas of the men's track and field team set a school record at the Hilton Garden Invitational in the men's 800-meter posting a first-place finish in the event with a time of 1:53.01.